Why Standardize on Macs
in Your School District(instead of Windows/PCs)?
An Overview...

Studies of TENS OF THOUSANDS
of Mac and Windows/PC users
have concluded that:

Macs are better for STUDENTS

Students learn more on Macs

Students learn faster on Macs

Students are more creative on Macs

Macs are better for TEACHERS

Teachers are more productive on Macs

Teachers are more satisfied using Macs

Teachers can run Windows on a Mac

Macs are better for the TECH SUPPORT STAFF

Macs require less maintenance

Apple servers and networks have more powerful features

Macs have FAR fewer virus and security issues

Macs are better for TAXPAYERS

Macs provide more education bang for the buck, as

Macs are less expensive to own, and

Apple is more committed to education than ANY computer company

A Bit Of History
To Put Things Into Perspective

The secular universe is primarily driven by three motivators: Money, Power (i.e.
Control), and Sex. As a subset of this universe, the computer world is all about Money and Control.

In the 70’s, when IBM was the goliath of the computer industry, they
were driven by a vision of how they expected (and wanted) the business
world to work. In brief it was that: 1) all computing would
be done on mainframes [users would have terminals], and that 2) these
mainframes would be run by computer professionals (e.g. programmers, network
specialists, etc.). [IBM’s underlying belief was that 95+% of
the population was technically ignorant, and that the only place for
these people was on the fringes of the computer world (e.g. using a terminal). That’s you
they were talking about.]

Referring back to the motivators, since IBM sold the hardware (being the
only successful manufacturer of mainframes) and trained (directly or indirectly)
the software people: 1) they would take in BIG Money, and 2) would
essentially be in complete Control of the computing world. As the saying
goes "Nice work if you can get it."

When a few kids came out with the first Apple, they profoundly challenged this
business model in two ways. First, they contended that real computing
could be done on a self-contained desktop machine (not a mainframe). Second, they
demonstrated that average every-day people (i.e. non-computer professionals)
could run computers just fine (if the computer’s operating system was designed
with this in mind).

At first IBM dismissed this as a juvenile toy. When Apple started making
Money (uh-oh a threat to the Business Plan) they begrudgingly threw a third-rate "PC" out
for trusting (i.e. gullible) consumers and businessmen to buy. (To give credence
to IBM’s view of their technical incompetence, many bought it — and still do buy inferior PCs.
Consider this: despite having some 250,000 employees at the time, IBM thought so little
of this PC that they outsourced the writing of its operating system software.

When Bill Gates was hired to do this job, he was also steeped in the IBM
perspective: we are dealing with idiots here so keep Control. Accordingly,
MsDOS was not any businessperson/ consumer oriented operating system, but rather a simplified
version of the operating system IBM was using on its mainframes (i.e.
a system designed for and run by computer professionals).

And so it has continued to this day. Although the roles are now reversed
(Microsoft has taken the Power from IBM) the mentality is the same. Essentially
every aspect of a PC that has been consumer friendly (i.e. gives the user more Control) has:
1) originated at Apple, and 2) has been
begrudgingly (and often inadequately) implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft
is a big company with many talented people — so
this is not an accident!

{Please read our special section on Microsoft
for more unvarnished information.}

The purpose of this site is to make you better informed. My belief is that
if you are more educated then you will be better able to resist the concerted
(professional, slick, sophisticated, enticing) effort that is being made by:
1) Microsoft (along with their enabling box assemblers),
and 2) MIS people.

Their main objectives are
to take as much Control as
you will grant them,
and to take as much of your Money
that you allow them.

It is completely up to you whether you are victimized by these efforts.